Facilities

ATTENTION: Mowbray Park Playground will be closed starting October 14, 2025 for demolition of the existing playground. A new playground will be installed by late Spring 2026.  Below are a few renderings of the future playground. 

This Park features 23.5 acres of parkland, which includes two baseball/softball diamonds, and ten lighted pickleball courts. A large playground area sits near the picnic areas with grills, while a smaller playground is next to the ball diamond and pickleball areas. The Park has a large pavilion, which can be reserved for group gatherings by contacting Parks and Recreation headquarters at 410-758-0835. Restrooms are provided year-round.

History of Mowbray Park-

On August 9, 1975, thirty-nine-year-old Maryland State Police sergeant Wallace J. Mowbray took an on-duty cruise around the island.  He had a reputation for being a natural at his job, so when he saw a blue van backed into a shadowy section of the Baker’s Liquors parking lot, it caught his attention. He drove up next to the suspicious vehicle, which had, in fact, been stolen.

Sergeant Mowbray exited his police car and approached the van. The driver gave the state trooper a license but claimed not to have a registration. As Mowbray took a look at the Ford’s out-of-state dealer tags, the four young Western Shoremen inside made a decision that would irrevocably change countless lives.

Wally Mowbray returned to his car. The driver of the van, Albert White Jr., leaned back in his seat. Richard Patterson reached over from the passenger side and aimed a sawed-off shotgun out the window.

Charles Quimby, working at the Kent Island Mobil station across the street, told the Queen Anne’s Record-Observer that “after Trooper Mowbray got back in his car, as he got in there, the shot went off.”

Quimby and other witnesses, including future KIVFD members dining at the popular Tastee Freez drive-in that occupied the northern corner of Cox Neck Road and Routes 50/301, watched as the van sped away, ran the traffic light at the intersection and disappeared out of sight.
  
 Trooper Mowbray did not survive that shooting.

Trooper Mowbray loved baseball, so this park has been dedicated to his service to the citizens of Queen Anne’s County.      excerpts from the Record Observer Newspaper